Mini Rochester Tour

All the pastors and Bible workers that went on the tour. They are in front of the Fox sister's monument.

Bricks around the Fox sister's monument list several spiritualists that contributed to the memorial.

The foundation of the Fox sister's house is all that is left of the orginal house. This is where the modern Spiritualistic movement began on March 31, 1848. It was here while they were children that the Fox sisters began to play with and communicate with the spirit that had haunted the house. The spirit would answer their questions with knockings that confimred their assertions.

This is a picture of me with our tour guide, Bob Allen, who has been doing these tours since 1952.

Bob and I in front of Edson's Barn. The Edson Farm is significant because of three events that took place on this farm; the soon coming of Christ, His ministry in the Heavenly Sanctuary and the investigative judgment, and the Seventh-day Sabbath.

The Hiram Edson Barn

Tomb stone of Mary Andrews (1861-1878). She was the daughter of J.N. Andrews. She and her brother Charles accompanied their dad on the church's first official missionary venture. She quickly learned French after her father made Mary and Charles speak only French in the household except for one hour a day. It worked so well that one Frenchmen reported, "Mary speaks French as though she were a French girl." Indeed she learned it so well that when editing her father's publications she caught mistakes native French speakers didn't catch. In 1878 she contracted tuberculosis and died on November 27, 1878.

J.N. Andrews' uncle wanted him to become an attorney, but his heavenly father had other plans for this evangelist and first official overseas missionary for the Adventist Church. The Upstate years were not kind to Andrews, in the mid-1860's two of his children died, and then in 1872 his wife of 16 years passed away. Although he was away from Angeline and home for long periods of time, the love those two shared can be illustrated with the following diary entry, "He is one of the kindest and bes husbands."

Anna White was 7 years younger than James White. Her selfless devotion to her brother, Nathaniel, and the desire for her parents to accept theSabbatarian Advent message were the two focuses of her short life. She and Nathaniel came to Rochester in Nov 1853 with the hope of getting better physically. When she and Nataniel arrived at Mt. Hope Ave., their sister-in-law, Ellen described them as little more than invalids racked with tuberculosis or as it was called "consumption". She and her brother accepted the truth slowly and carefully.
Nathaniel White (1831-1853) and Anna White (1822-1854)

Today we went on a tour of Rochester and saw several interesting sights. Hope you enjoyed the tour via my blog. God bless.